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RNS Number : 6292S

Playtech PLC

17 March 2021

Playtech PLC

('Playtech' or the 'Company')

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulations.

17 March 2021

Playtech plc has been notified of the following dealings in its ordinary shares by certain Directors/PDMRs of the Company as follows:

Moran Weizer, Chief Executive Officer, purchased 18,800 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of GBP4.28 per share on 16 March 2021.

Andrew Smith, Chief Financial Officer, purchased 6,200 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of GBP4.21 per share on 16 March 2021.

The notifications for Moran Weizer and Andrew Smith can be found below. This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.

The purchases made by Moran Weizer and Andrew Smith are in accordance with the requirements of the Company's remuneration policy, under which a proportion of the annual bonus is deferred into shares for two years

 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
 a)   Name                             Mor Weizer 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 2    Reason for Notification 
     -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status                  Chief Executive Officer 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification/Amendment   Initial Announcement 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                             Playtech plc 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                              21380068TTB6Z9ZEU548 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for 
       (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; 
       (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have 
       been conducted 
     -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Description of the financial     Ordinary Shares of Playtech plc of 
       instrument, type of              no par value 
       instrument                       IM00B7S9G985 
       Identification code 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction        Acquisition of shares 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)            Price(s)    Volume(s) 
                                         GBP4.28     18,800 
                                                    ---------- 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 d)        Aggregated information 
             *    Aggregated volume      18,800 
                                         GBP80,458 
 
            - 
             *    Price 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction          16 March 2021 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction         London Stock Exchange, main market 
                                        (XLON) 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 
 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
 a)   Name                             Andrew Smith 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 2    Reason for Notification 
     -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status                  Chief Financial Officer 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification/Amendment   Initial Announcement 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                             Playtech plc 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                              21380068TTB6Z9ZEU548 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for 
       (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; 
       (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have 
       been conducted 
     -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Description of the financial     Ordinary Shares of Playtech plc of 
       instrument, type of              no par value 
       instrument                       IM00B7S9G985 
       Identification code 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction        Acquisition of shares 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)            Price(s)    Volume(s) 
                                         GBP4.21     6,200 
                                                    ---------- 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 d)        Aggregated information 
             *    Aggregated volume      6,200 
                                         GBP26,092.79 
 
            - 
             *    Price 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction          16 March 2021 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction         London Stock Exchange, main market 
                                        (XLON) 
     -------------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
 

- ENDS -

For further information please contact:

 
 
 Playtech plc 
 
  Chris McGinnis, Director of 
  Investor Relations & Strategic 
  Analysis 
 Headland (PR adviser to Playtech) 
  Lucy Legh, Stephen Malthouse        +44 (0) 20 3805 4822 
 
 

About Playtech

Founded in 1999 and premium listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, Playtech is a technology leader in the gambling and financial trading industries with over 6,400 employees across 24 countries.

Playtech is the gambling industry's leading technology company delivering business intelligence driven gambling software, services, content and platform technology across the industry's most popular product verticals, including, casino, live casino, sports betting, virtual sports, bingo and poker. It is the pioneer of omni-channel gambling technology through its integrated platform technology, Playtech ONE. Playtech ONE delivers data driven marketing expertise, single wallet functionality, CRM and responsible gambling solutions across one single platform across product verticals and across retail and online.

Playtech partners with and invests in the leading brands in regulated and newly regulated markets to deliver its data driven gambling technology across the retail and online value chain. Playtech provides its technology on a B2B basis to the industry's leading retail and online operators, land-based casino groups and government sponsored entities such as lotteries. Playtech directly owns and operates Snaitech, the leading sports betting and gaming company in online and retail in Italy.

Playtech's also owns Finalto, a technology leader in the CFD and financial trading industry that operates both on a B2B and B2C basis. Finalto has been classified as a discontinued operation as at 31 December 2020

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